Fighting the “I Might Need It Some Day” Force
I know these words have crossed your mind, and maybe your lips, when you’ve been going through the piles, the stacks, the racks, the cupboards, the closets. Amazingly, those words have the power to paralyze forward movement, and make you fear an imagined life...
Week 6 of the Clever Girl Organizing Challenge, All the Clothes, part 3
It’s Week 6! We’re still in the area of our wardrobes, but we’re moving past the primary parts — the tops, the bottoms, the dresses, the suits, etc. — and moving to the rest: all our accessories. What are the accessories you have?...
Facing Sentimental Items While Trying to Get Organized
Sentimental keepsakes, mementos, and memorabilia. It’s one of the toughest categories that I go through with clients, and I talk quite a bit about this in my book, Clever Girl’s Guide to Living with Less. I bet it’s a tough one for you, too. ...
Week 5 of the 2016 Clever Girl Organizing Challenge: All the Clothes, Week 2
It’s Week 5. First, a shout out: You’re more than 25% done with The Challenge! Hooray! High Fives for Everyone! Okay, now, that we got that out of the way, let’s get down to business. This is the week we dive into your clothes. This is going to...
Three Ways To Get Your Mail Under Control
You get mail. Maybe a lot of mail, maybe not. It comes 6 days a week. It can become, if left neglected, a pile, a monster. When mail isn’t managed, things can get lost, events missed, bills left unpaid, late fees accrued, opportunities lost. There are 3...
Gifts and Guilt: How to Let Go of Both
Gift Guilt. The struggle is real. Whenever you’re going through items to declutter, or even if you’re just dealing with the after effects of opening a gift that just isn’t a forever-keeper for you, guilt becomes a big factor. It attaches like...
Focus and Finish: The Keys to Completing Organizing Projects
If you’ve joined us for Week 1’s assignment — working on your pantry and refrigerator and tupperware – you may have already found yourself in this position: You were raring to go, got an enthusiastic start, you began emptying things out, and...
Top 5 Things I Hear From Clients and What You Can Learn From My Answers
Over my career as a Professional Organizer, I can genuinely say that of the dozens and dozens and dozens of clients I’ve worked with, no two are the same. That said… with almost EVERY client, I tend to hear the same things. Similar struggles, similar...
Before and After: The Spare Room Goes from Ugh to Ahhhh….
Today, I got to work with one of my clients to totally transform a spare room into a breath of fresh air! She’d told me a long time ago, “So…. I have this spare room. I hate it. No one is allowed in it. I don’t even go in it. I think I want to...
Week 15 of 15 in 15 in ’15 Challenge: The Book Collection
Week 15! We made it! 15 weeks, letting go of at least 15 things, in 2015. Did you do them all so far? So, what’s a fitting final chapter in this challenge? One of the toughest ones that so many of us face: Books! We seem to think of our books so...
Week 14 of 15 in 15 in ’15 Challenge: Entertaining Items
We are ALMOST done with our 15 Week Challenge. Only one more week after this week’s assignment. And this one is another one I’ve timed to coincide with a holiday. What is a more perfect time than a spring weekend, where many of us are celebrating Easter...Kathy Vines
Certified Professional Organizer,®
Productivity Consultant
Based in Melrose, MA.
Clever Girl Organizing® works with clients in their homes or offices to transform their space and systems, minimize stress, and maximize efficiency, productivity, and serenity! Her superpower is helping people untangle their relationship to their stuff!
